Category Archives for "Nuts and Seeds"

From time to time we enjoy a dinner of just vegetables and a dip. These are times when we sit and talk, visit with friends — casual slow times. For these occasions to feel like dinner rather than a snack, the dip needs to be substantial, carrying some protein. Hummus qualifies. So does this walnut […]

Amanda’s note: Here is another wonderful article by Ramya Venkateshwaran who we found writing in India from her website WildTurmeric.net. Here she provides a recipe for a popular candy in India that also helps keep you packed with iron. You know you’ve just to do your part eating your iron… 😉 *** These sesame seed […]

For a couple of decades we have loved our lemon poppy seed muffins. It is a great combination of flavors. When I stumbled across a recipe for lemon poppy seed scones I was intrigued. In all my baking life I had never tried scones. In fact, the only place I have ever encountered one is […]

The first time I tasted tahini sauce it was being served as a topping on felafel. People stood in an hour-long line at an art fair to place their order. Even then, you prayed the guy wouldn’t run out of food before you got to the front of the line. This was Bakersfield, CA, circa […]

Dukkah is one of those seed/nut/spice blends from North Africa that can turn most any food into a celebration. It may have originated in Egypt and I understand that dukkah began as a pack-and-carry food for camel drivers. After a day or two in the desert, the flatbread is hard and tasteless. Dip it in […]

It’s been years since I’ve made granola, years since I’ve eaten it. Lauren’s post on granola making caught my eye because we had a gallon of oats in the pantry. When I got rained out of a morning of gardening, I knew this was the time, if the time was ever to be. Two questions […]

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